I don't agree. Unless you never plan to fly with two people I would have two sticks. If not two sticks, at least one that is located on the pilot side and a removable one on the passenger side. A single stick in the middle is very easy for a passenger to keep bumping into. I have a flap handle in the center on my Mustang 2 and passenger legs are always against it, and it is a little wider than a KR. I think it would be almost unflyable with a center control stick.
On my KR I had two sticks and I used to stretch my right leg over to the right side rudder pedal on long flights to give me a little more room. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: KR> One stick or two From: Mike Stirewalt via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Mon, July 21, 2014 12:33 pm To: krnet at list.krnet.org Unless one is widening the cockpit ala Langford, Flesner, McHenry, etc. and modifying the canopy to accomodate the extra width, the KR-2 is not a two-up airplane except for demo or otherwise very local flights. Unless you're a midget with a midget passenger a standard-width KR with standard canopy is about the most uncomfortable contraption you could imagine with two people in it - plus the CG is so far back that you are holding forward stick on final. With a standard-width KR with a standard canopy, sitting in the center is the most logical and comfortable place to sit and if you're going to sit in the center, a center stick is the logical place to have the stick. Having two sticks only makes sense if you have room enough for two people. If you're still in the designing stage, think about a side stick. Ken Rand had one and there are plans floating around. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2 _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
